Today in Rijeka, Croatia, the Ukrainian national team will play a third preparatory match ahead of the 2022 World Cup playoffs and the upcoming Nations League matches in June. The game against the local club will start at 7 PM Kyiv time.

Starting lineup: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 4. Yurym Konoplya, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 16. Taras Kachaраба, 3. Oleksandr Zhibko, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk (c), 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 19. Denys Harmash, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 18. Danylo Sikan, 7. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 6.  Taras Stepanenko, 8. Oleksandr Piatov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudryк, 11. Artem Besedin, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 17. Mikhaylo Mudрик, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

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We remind you that the funds collected from friendly matches played by the national team will be transferred to the United24 platform.

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The national team of Ukraine will play a friendly match in Croatia, where they failed to secure any victories against the home side. Five matches (all held in the capital - Zagreb) ended with four losses and one draw.

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Today, Ukraine's national team will play its first friendly match in a special blue kit. In the two previous matches against Borussia Möchengladbach and Hellas Verona, the team wore yellow kits.

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Fans from Ukraine can obtain free tickets for today's match. To do so, they need to visit the stadium ticket counter and present their Ukrainian passport or greenpass proving that they have received temporary shelter in Croatia.

One person is allowed only one ticket. Fans can also purchase tickets online via this link.

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In a friendly match against Hellas Verona, Denys Popov sustained an Achilles tendon injury. The team's doctors agreed to have him examined at the Rome clinic "Villa Stuart," which specializes in sports injuries. Today, Denys left for the Italian capital accompanied by a doctor from our team Vitaliy Kiliyan. After the examination, it will be clear what kind of injury he has.

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Today, after breakfast, the Ukrainian national team left their hotel and headed to Pisa airport. The flight to Rijeka was scheduled for 1 PM Kyiv time, with arrival in the Croatian city at 2 PM.

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Official lineup for Ukraine's friendly match against Rijeka (by numbers)

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 3. Oleksandr Zhibko, 4. Yurym Konoplya, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Artem Dovbyk, 8. Oleksandr Piatov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudрик, 11. Artem Besedin, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Taras Kachaраба, 17. Mikhaylo Mudрик, 18. Danylo Sikan, 19. Denys Harmash, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Compared to yesterday's match against Hellas Verona, defender Denys Popov, who was injured during the game with the Italians, did not make it into the lineup.